Jan 8, 2015 | Bands, Joe Carey Quartet (funky jazz), Public Gigs, The Missing Persians
Had a lot of private function work over the last month or so (lots of Christmas parties and works “do”s as you’d expect for the time of year) and not many gigs which are open to the public this month, but there are a couple of public gigs in January...
Dec 6, 2014 | Public Gigs
I did a gig in a “boutique” hotel in Oxford last night. This should have been an easy gig for me as I live in the area – a lot of my gigs have me traveling all over the country so was looking forward to a quick drive home (and maybe even get a rare...
Nov 21, 2014 | Public Gigs
What with working on new original songs with, and trying to organise a tour for The Missing Persians, and fitting that around the various function band commitments that pay for my bread and gruel I’ve been pretty busy recently, which has meant I’ve not...
Nov 2, 2014 | Public Gigs
I think we’ve had a really nice summer this year – not too hot, but regularly warm and dry, which has been great for the festival gigs! Sadly, the lovely weather we’ve been having has finally been replaced with some proper autumnal wind and rain and...
Jul 21, 2014 | Bands, Hot and Horny, Odd gig experiences, Public Gigs
One of this weeks gigs (with Hot and Horny) involved a very quick change setup. The show was for a corporate award ceremony (I never found out the industry or the name of the awards) and the room was only going to be empty for about an hour. This isn’t long to...
Dec 13, 2013 | Bands, Hints and tips, Public Gigs, The Missing Persians
One of the joys of working with The Missing Persians is that I get to do a lot more singing in the band than others where I just concentrate on playing the bass guitar. I’ve always been willing to step up to the mic for a bit of backing vocals (I tend to default...
